The Book ON ONE is a celebration of writing from all over the world, with five short excerpts broadcast each week at 11.20pm during RTÉ Radio 1's 'Late Date' programme

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Book on One Monday 30 April - Friday 25 May 2018

Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley - marking 200 years since its first publication in 1818. The first of 20 excerpts is the introduction written by Shelley for the 1831 edition of the book. The reader is Jane Brennan

Book on One Monday 23 - Friday 27 April 2018

'The Long Gaze Back: an anthology of Irish Women Writers' edited by Sinéad Gleeson. The book is published by New Island. It is the Unesco 2018 Dublin One City One Book title. Some of the stories are edited for the required radio duration of the Book on One.

'The Long Gaze Back: an anthology of Irish Women Writers' edited by Sinéad Gleeson. The book is published by New Island. It is the Unesco 2018 Dublin One City One Book title. Some of the stories are edited for the required radio duration of the Book on One.

'The Long Gaze Back: an anthology of Irish Women Writers' edited by Sinéad Gleeson. The book is published by New Island. It is the Unesco 2018 Dublin One City One Book title. Some of the stories are edited for the required radio duration of the Book on One.

'The Long Gaze Back: an anthology of Irish Women Writers' edited by Sinéad Gleeson. The book is published by New Island. It is the Unesco 2018 Dublin One City One Book title. Some of the stories are edited for the required radio duration of the Book on One.

Monday 2, Tues 3. Wednesday 4: In the Middle of The Field by Mary Lavin read by Joan Sheehy

The novel 'Echoland' by Joe Joyce and read by Enda Oates which was the book designated as the Dublin One City One Book for 2017 (first repeat)

Book on One 29 Jan – Fri 2 Feb 2018

The international best-selling short novel ‘A Whole Life' by Robert Seethaler and read by Gary Murphy (first repeat)

The Book on One – Tue 7 Nov to Fri 15 Dec 2017.

‘Reading Turgenev’ by William Trevor, read by Conor Farrington.

This month and next, to mark the first anniversary of the death of William Trevor, a chance to hear an archive recording of his novel ‘Reading Turgenev’, read by Conor Farrington, first broadcast in 1992.

In 1950s Ireland, a young woman enters into a marriage of convenience with an older man, and subsequently falls in love with her invalid cousin, with whom she spends secret afternoons reading Russian novels.

Book on One features a season of the shortlist for the 2017 RTÉ Radio 1 Short Story Competition in Memory of Francis Mac Manus:

Book on One Monday 2 - Friday 6 Oct

Monday 2 October: The Flare Carves Itself Through The Dark by Colin Walsh and read by Gary Murphy

Friday 27 October: Time For You And Time For Me by Celine Naughton and read by Ali White

Book on One Monday 30 - Friday 3 November 2017

Monday 30 October: Waiting for the 8:07 East by Paul James O’Donnell and read by Andrew Bennett

Tuesday 31 October November: The Half-Light by Angela Lyons and read by Emmet Kirwan

Wednesday 1 November New Beginning, by Arthur Sheridan and read by Janet Moran

Thursday 2 November: Danny, by Joseph Sweeney and read by Gary Murphy

Friday 3 November: The Swimmer by Dolores Walshe and read by Peter Hanly

Book on One Monday - Friday November 2017

Monday 6 November: Red or Black by Kevin Beakey read by Janet Moran

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2017 ARCHIVE

2 to 6 January - ‘A Free Choice’ from ‘The Springs of Affection’ by Maeve Brennan, read by Cathy Belton.

9 to 13 January - 'An Attack of Hunger' from 'The Springs of Affection' by Maeve Brennan, read by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú.

16 to 20 January - 'Four Sides Full' by Vona Groarke, read by the author.

23 to 27 January - 'Not The Same Sky' by Evelyn Conlon, read by the author.

30 January to 3 February - 'Astray', short stories by Emma Donoghue, read by Caitríona Ní Mhurchú.

6 to 10 February - ‘Dinosaurs On Other Planets’ by Danielle McLaughlin, read by Andrew Bennett.

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